GOP's Paul to Oppose Trump's Emergency, Likely Forcing Veto
- Senate now looks to have votes to reject border funds move
- A veto would be Trump’s first; its unlikely to be overridden
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Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said he’ll vote to block President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that’s likely to provide enough votes for the measure to pass the Senate and draw Trump’s first veto.
“I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress,” Paul said in a speech during the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday, the Bowling Green Daily News reported on its website.